Stwy pinblock separation...I'm desperate, still...

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Dear Lance, thanks for your response and suggestion.
	to clarify [I hope]: As it happens, on this model there are no existing
plate screws in that section...the only few plate screws located at the top
of the plate are located BEYOND each end of the separation gap [one is just
below the tenor/bass break, the other is about a 1/2 octave beyond the gap
toward the treble end...there are no plate screws located in the plate along
where the gap itself appears! This is to say that the top row of tuning pins
in that section is practically at the top edge of the pinblock and the plate,
hence no room to drill for a carriage bolt. The existing screws, altho
replaceable, don't help clamp the gap closed because they are located too far
past the ends of the gap to be of any consequence....lovely, ain't it?!